Words in english starting with A

• alecost — Noun – English ～ tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
• Alectis — Noun – English ～ a genus of Carangidae
• alecto — Noun – English ～ one of the three Furies
• Alectoria — Noun – English ～ lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus
• Alectoris — Noun – English ～ a genus of Perdicidae
• Alectura — Noun – English ～ brush turkeys
• alee — Adverb – English ～ on or toward the lee; "put the helm alee"
• alehoof — Noun – English ～ trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta
• alehouse — Noun – English ～ a tavern where ale is sold
• alembic — Noun – English ～ an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube
• alendronate — Noun – English ～ a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause
• Alep — Noun – English ～ a city in northwestern Syria
• aleph — Noun – English ～ the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
• Alepisaurus — Noun – English ～ slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes
• aleppo — Noun – English ～ a city in northwestern Syria
• alert — Adjective – English ～ engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"
• alert — Adjective – English ～ quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"
• alert — Adjective – English ～ mentally perceptive and responsive; "an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"
• alert — Noun – English ～ condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"
• alert — Noun – English ～ a warning serves to make you more alert to danger

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